Regulations on Summer Classes in Secondary Schools

The Order sets regulations to ensure the effective and efficient implementation of the policy on the operation of summer classes in both public and private secondary schools.
The Order provides that a gross violation of the regulations and conditions in the revised guidelines is sufficient cause for:
- cancellation of the permit to operate, and
- denial of future requests to operate summer classes.
The Order amends and/or rescinds all rules and regulations inconsistent with it.

Operators must submit the application to operate summer classes to the regional office through the division office concerned not later than the first week of March preceding the summer term.
The Regional Directors must approve the application based on the evaluation of the merits of the application by the division offices concerned.
Applications must be submitted in triplicate and must include the following components:
- a list of faculty,
- a tentative list of subjects to be offered,
- and a schedule of classes with authorized student fees.
Permission to hold summer classes is issued only for the term applied for and only subject to the regulations in the Order.

The faculty list in the application must state: name, degree/s, major subject, subject to be taught, and number of years in teaching the subject.
No teacher may be assigned to teach a subject in the summer session unless the teacher has taught that subject for at least three (3) regular school years.
The tentative list of subjects to be offered must be based on the report of failures submitted by the Principal to the division office.
The schedule submitted with the application must include the schedule of classes and authorized student fees.

Summer classes in schools may be offered only to the following students:
- graduating students who lack one (1) laboratory subject or two (2) non-laboratory subjects in order to graduate in May, or
- irregular students who lack the minimum one (1) laboratory subject or two (2) non-laboratory subjects to be classified as regular students in any curriculum year of the secondary course during the succeeding school year after the summer term.
No student may carry more than one (1) laboratory subject or two (2) non-laboratory subjects during the summer classes.

The summer session must consist of not less than 36 days excluding holidays and enrolment days but including one examination day.
The required instructional time must follow these daily rates:
- For a laboratory subject or two (2) unit credit subject: 266.6 or 7 hours and 24 minutes daily.
- For a non-laboratory subject: 133.3 hours or 3 hours and 42 minutes daily.
Class schedules must include an interval of no more than 5 minutes between periods.
Classes must be scheduled six (6) days a week, Monday through Saturday.
A student must receive no credit for work if the student has missed classes for more than three (3) days.

Summer classes must follow the same requirements as the regular school year regarding:
- accommodations,
- finances,
- equipment,
- library,
- facilities,
- admission,
- faculty,
- promotion,
- and reports,
  with the attendance credit rule in item 7 serving as the only stated exception.
Reports on final ratings for all students enrolled in summer must be submitted to the regional office through the division office concerned not later than fifteen (15) days from the last day of classes.

Division Superintendents are delegated to monitor and evaluate summer classes.
Guidelines for monitoring and supervision must be prepared by the division office concerned.
The evaluation report must be submitted to the Regional Directors not later than fifteen (15) working days after the last day of classes.